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Old Fox (2023)
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Original name: 老狐狸
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, period piece, nostalgic
Plot:
grownups, child protagonist, family drama, coming of age, life lesson, poverty, working class, resilience, intergenerational friendship, character study, family bonds, social realism, slice of life, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, social change, adaptation, moral ambiguity
Time:
80s
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Story:
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